ZIP 31803 recorded 140 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 484 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Marion County, GA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
484 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 43 | |
| 2022 | 118 | |
| 2023 | 69 | |
| 2024 | 114 | |
| 2025 | 140 |
Feb peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 31803 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 96 | 19.8% | |
| 2 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 63 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Authorized controlled burning | 53 | 11.0% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 40 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 26 | 5.4% |
For the 14 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 31803 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 23 | 35.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 10 | 15.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 4 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 2 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 2 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Outside area, other | 2 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 14 | 21.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 31 | 48.4% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 14.1% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 5 | 7.8% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 1 | 1.6% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 4 | 6.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 31803 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 511% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $60,000 | Grass fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 31803.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buena Vista | 342 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 484 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.